P-Day July 8, 2019. Decided to go visit museums today. First one we drove to the Museum of Science. It opens at 10 a.m. and turns out they have science lab demonstration at 10:30 a.m. Well, we almost missed it. Since it was our first time, we used the GPS unit in the car and followed the directions. It led us to the Western side of the block where the museum is located. The parking lot was on the Eastern side of the block. On Google map, there are a road that cuts through the block so I thought I could use it to quickly get a parking spot. Nope, the road was blocked off. I had back out and drive around the block. We rushed in and got into the lab show in the nick of time. Actually we didn't have to rush, we were the only 2 people that showed up for the lab demonstrations. It was good. We got to witness a controlled explosion.
Remember in my previous posts, some photos showed a little pouch around my waist. Quick remedy - stand in front of this curved mirror. Look how skinny I am.
This station records one's voice and use the voice to play musical notes. I think the program should be enhanced to record one's voice and be able to synthesize an entire song at quality that would classify that person as a professional singer.
You didn't know Sister Lee and I are part of the NASA program. Here's proof.
This next photo is a challenge to drop a ball from a height that would bounce from each green column to the next through rings and eventually into the net at the far right edge of the display window. The apparatus is at the left edge. Balls roll down the platform and get guided back to an elevator that brings the balls up and then released onto a platform. There are 2 buttons near the bottom of the red half circle. One buttons control the height of the platform that contains the ball. Once the platform has a ball, the elevator stops automatically. Once you think the ball is at the right height, you then press the other button to release the ball. The ball drops and bounces off the top of the tallest green column. If drop is within the correct range of height, the ball bounces up and through the first ring, hopefully bounces on top of the 2nd green column through the next ring to bounce on the last green column, though right most ring and into the net. It took me 3 times to get into the net.
After the museum of science, we went to 2 other museums, Museum of Meiji Restoration and Museum of Literature and Kid version of Museum of Literature. The kid version dealt with Alice in Wonderland. We didn't know if there are any parking available right next to the museum so we decided to walk. The walk itself had some sights along the way, a fountain and a statue of Saigo Takamori.
Saigo, one of the most influential samurai that led the Meiji Restoration. He was born in Kagoshima.
This next photo is in an exhibit inside the Museum of Meiji Restoration. The clothing is so huge. I wonder how they are actually worn. They must be folded somehow, otherwise you be tripping on the parts that would be dragging on the ground.
This is a fountain at the Central Park. This is much smaller than the one of the same name in New York City. It is only a city block size.
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